Adland’s leaders admit to suffering from imposter syndrome

Adland’s leaders suffer “massively” from imposter syndrome, with BMF’s executive planning director Christina Aventi admitting she has “a lot of inner voices in [her] head that [she’s] not proud of”.

Speaking during the Shit Real Leaders Say session at Mumbrella360, Optus’ director of brand and communications Melissa Hopkins told the audience: “I suffer massively from imposter syndrome. There’s this view that you are this leader and you’re awesome and you’ve got all this confidence and everybody looks up to you all the time.”

Russell Howcroft, Antony Wilson, Melissa Hopkins, Helen Fitzpatrick, and Christina Aventi (L-R)